Speeding

Good post Sparrow!!!

 

Sparrow - your post will likely fall on deaf ears with regards to Brim and the "teaching of children". He does not have any children of his own so he TRULY does not understand. I get the sense that he thinks if you tell a child something ONCE, they SHOULD and WILL "obey".

Brim, if and when you have your own children I wish you the best of luck. And that BIG backyard will certainly come in handy (until your child WANTS to play in the street) [B)]

 

Oh, pious childbearers...get off your high horses. You realize you're actually defending children being in the street? First off, I've never said you shouldn't speed...just that you shouldn't use 'children playing in the street' as a reason not to speed. Second, I've never said anything about:

Children playing outside should be supervised as well as taught they shouldn't go into the street. You can't just put a helmet on little Billy and send him out the door and be horrified when he ends up in the ER.

This will be the last I have to say on the subject so anyone that likes to get the last word in will certianly be able to...but all of you child factorys need to calm the F down and realize that just because you have children doesn't mean that someone that doesn't can't have some practical, common sense advice to dispense. When I lived there, I saw enough spoiled brats in the community running roughshod through restaurants and grocery stores with absoloutly no discipline or reprimand. If that's what you get in public, I can only imagine what goes on at home...and it makes perfect sense that people think it's alright if their children play in the street.

BTW, I played football in my big backyard this weekend...enjoy your postage stamp sized yard and houses right on top of one another.

 

Brim, I know you moved, but where to?

 

Knoxville

 

That's nice. While you're there, enjoy your lower standard of living and your destitute neighbors.

The median income for a household in the city is $27,492, and the median income for a family is $37,708. Males have a median income of $29,070 versus $22,593 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,171. 20.8% of the population and 14.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 26.1% of those under the age of 18 and 12.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

 

The pic of the house that I saw seemed pretty nice to me. Nothing wrong with living in smaller cites. There will be advantages and disadvantages to any move.

 

No, there's nothing wrong with moving to and living in another city. Being smug is a different matter. But, if he's happy, more power to him.

 

IMO, he is not happy. If you read most of his posts, he is attacking someone or something, belittling their opinions, or just plain being nasty. to me, someone that is constantly as negative as he is would be unhappy. It is just COMMON SENSE!

I think he does have some valid things to impart but onace again, IMHO it is usually delivered like a needed dose of medicine but in a big friggin needle.

 

You seem pretty sure of yourself, there. This is home for me, and I certianly don't live in an area with destitute neighbors and a lower standard of living. As a matter of fact, I'd almost rather have destitute neighbors than some of the self-important a-holes I encountered in my six years in Ashburn. If you'd like, I can post some pictures of my destitute neighbors and lower standard of living (I got to keep my job and salary when I moved, stupid).

 

There's certianly not. I'm not smug...someone in an earlier thread complimented my yard and I thanked them, and T8erman decided that would be good fodder for an attempted slam on me, I merely turned it around.

 

I have lots of valid things to say and I am very happy. I'm back home with all of my family and friends, paying less taxes, dealing with less traffic, and definetly dealing with less pompous jackasses than when I was living there. There's more to life than how much the resale value of your house is...

It's hard to be positive when you run into some of the horrible logic you run into on these forums...especially when I'm only one of a couple of folks willing to call people out and have a somewhat dissenting point of view.

 

brim-
You seemed to have disliked it so much here and are so much happier there, why do you continue with these forums? Just curious.

 

They're interesting and I still have a general interest in the area (I was there last week for work). Just because you're not in the same geographic region anymore are you supposed to abandon a message board? Quite a few topics here aren't area-specific anyhow...plus I enjoy being a catalyst.

 

so much for speeding...this is more like a train wreck

 

you're right t8er .. I mean, he does have very good points, and there are lots pompous idiots up here, but if you live your life with such a negative attitude. it's not healthy. That being said, go Caps!

 

Can we get back to speeding ... some ideas

1. Don't Speed
2. Keep an eye on your kids
3. Lets all be civil

I'd also like to know the thoughts of residents on imposing the extra $200 fine on speeders as seen in the Village and on Hay Road.




Neil Z.
Resident since 1999

 

Upr_dcker, you just proved one of Brim's points about snobbish broadlanders who equate the "cost" of their home and the incomes of their "neighbors" with a high standard of living.

people here pay $500k for a tiny townhome with no privacy and no backyard...or $600k - $800k for a slightly smaller home with slightly smaller backyard. go down south and you can purchase a real home with a real back yard for $200-$300k easily. in a nice neighborhood. and since you arent paying exorbitant property taxes and that extra $300k into your home, you can afford a heck of a lot of other things with your family.

we enjoy living here, but don't be so quick to judge those "southern hick" cities. We lived on Lookout Mountain GA above the city of Chattanooga TN (go ahead, run the numbers and see how destitute that city is) in a 3,000 sq ft house with a large back yard and stream for only $180k...and it is without a doubt one of the loveliest communities you'll find in America. Then we moved to another destitute southern city in NC. Had a beautiful log cabin surrounded by woods for less than $200k. Great neighbors. Beach and mountains close by.

No, not all of our neighbors drove BMW's and made $150k+, but it's a really great way of life...if you value privacy, space, a backyard and room for kids to explore, little traffic, services reasonably priced, spacious homes, a slower pace of life and good, humble people who know your name.

That's if you can put up with all those destitute neighbors and "lower standard of living," of course.

 

I just rec'd the suggestions from VDOT concerning speed humps, etc. The packet they sent is called "traffic Calming Guide to residential traffic"....I will read it and pass on what they suggest. Hopefully there is a solution in there that we haven't thought of...

It is incredible how some people expect a child to have the same adult mind set and understanding of consequences. Some of these arguments are truly incredible. It's like laughing at a child who has been told 100 times that playing with matches is bad and saying I told you so when they burn themselves. They are kids, and as adults we need to do what we can to protect them from the bad decisions (speeding) that adults make.

 

Okay, I will stay on topic by saying that I have yet to see any "effective" traffic-calming measures beyond the most obvious: the sight of deputy's cruiser. Speed bumps/humps certainly slow people down, but I shudder to think about what they do to the undercarriage of many vehicles, even when people slow down to a crawl. Unfortunately, stationing a deputy's cruiser at every intersection isn't remotely realistic, especially given the miniscule budget that the Loudoun Sheriff is given.

I remember seeing a report on the news a few years back where a local police department gave residents radar guns and essentially gave them the right to report speeders. I doubt that it actually led to tickets, but I'm sure the people who were clocked received some sort of warning. I don't know how good an idea it is to have civilians standing around clocking speeders, but it would certainly get the attention of people who habitually speed through residential areas.